When the 16th Legion arrived, hundreds of leaf-cutting ants had already been overtaken by the enemy.
These leaf-cutter ants no longer have the courage to confront each other head-on, and are trapped and unable to escape. Some worker ants block the outside, using their jaws to pick up plant fragments, stones, and even the corpses of their companions, and treat them as The shield was held up in front, forming a circular formation, barely resisting the enemy's attack, but it seemed that it wouldn't last long.
The remaining medium worker ants and small worker ants were trembling in the formation. Even the usually brave little leafcutter ants had no will to fight at this time and did not dare to resist.
This defeated army lost its commander and its most elite worker ants, and was reduced to its current miserable state.
Surrounding these hundreds of leaf-cutting ants were just over a hundred red, bristly ants.
Among these ants, the largest ones are larger than the leaf-cutter ants, but certainly much smaller than the large leaf-cutter ants. There are only about 30 of the largest ants, and there are more than 80 of the smaller ant warriors.
The body, six limbs and antennae of this ant are all very thick, much thicker than other ants.
The tentacles on their heads have distinct ring-like structures and are also covered with bristles. At first glance, they look like two black, furry maggots lying on their heads. The characteristics are very distinctive.
These ants are Nomamyrmexesenbeckii, whose Latin scientific name is Nomamyrmexesenbeckii. They are very powerful characters in the genus Nomamyrmexesenbeckii, and they are also the nemesis of the leaf-cutting ants!
I saw these large warriors among the ants taking advantage of their size to repeatedly break through the "shield formation" of the leaf-cutting ants, grab a leaf-cutter ant with their strong jaws and drag it out. The medium-sized Ehrlichia ants beside them He immediately pounced on it, arched his abdomen, and pierced the sharp and sharp stinger. Soon, the leaf-cutting ant became motionless and died.
Seeing that the friendly forces were in danger, the 16th Legion hurriedly stepped forward to rescue the defeated leaf-cutting ants.
At first, when the Scythe Hunter ant scout warriors rushed forward, the Ai's Man ants rushed to resist. However, after seeing the large army of the God's Envoy King, these Ai's Man ants quickly withdrew without suffering any losses.
In the short battle, the Sickle Ant Scout warriors, who had always been the best in the Angel King's legion in terms of individual strength, did not get any favors from the Aiman ants. Four of the fully armored Sickle Ant Scouts died. What does it mean that 1 large Ehrlichia ant and 2 medium Ehrlichia ants died, which is considered a small defeat...
After rescuing the leaf-cutting ant queen, the protagonist learned some information from these defeated soldiers:
These defeated troops belonged to a nearby nest, and more than 3,000 warriors attacked. As a result, they did not merge into any large army, and encountered about six to seven hundred Aiman ants.
After the two armies fight, the leafcutter ant army usually leads with large warriors. They are accustomed to relying on the tactics of large leafcutter ants finding opportunities to drag or lift the enemy into the battle line during the stalemate, while the smaller leafcutter ants will swarm up and dismember the opponent.
However, this tactic is completely restrained by the Aiman ants. Although the large warriors of the Aishi ants are not as big as those of the leaf-cutter ants, their carapace is so hard that it is difficult for the leaf-cutter ants' jaws to clamp their necks." Behead”. The ant's strength is not inferior to that of the leaf-cutter ant. It is difficult for the leaf-cutter ant to drag it out, and it can only occasionally lift it to kill it.
The large leaf-cutter ants were quickly killed and injured by the opponent's stings, and the large worker ant "T" was lost. The small leaf-cutter ants responsible for output and the auxiliary mid-leaf-cutter ants had no intention of fighting and fled in all directions.
Only a part of the leaf-cutting ant army that escaped was rescued by the Angel King's army. The commander of this defeated army had already died in the battle. Fortunately, there were not many Aiman ants chasing them, so they persisted until the Angel King's army came. save. As for the other defeated troops, they no longer knew where they had fled.
The protagonist asked the leaf-cutter ant warriors to follow him. He had no time to save other defeated troops who were being hunted. He commanded his soldiers to continue advancing north and move closer to the planned decisive battle site.
At this time, the Divine Envoy King's Army did not grasp the overall situation of the battlefield, and did not know that the main force of the Pavement Ant Empire Army was in the north, and was not in the central battlefield where the Leaf Cutter Ant Army messenger asked them to rush.
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Along the way, the Angel King's army defeated many small troops of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army. These troops ranged from a few hundred to several thousand. Most of them were not pavement ants, but various ant tribes in a mess. Most of them had combat effectiveness. It's not strong, and it's far less impressive than the impression left by Ai's Man Ant on the protagonist.
The protagonist had previously passed by the battlefield where the Ehrlichia ants defeated the leaf-cutter ant army, and saw the corpses on the ground in a mess. However, upon closer inspection, the ratio of the corpses of the Ehrlichia ants to the leaf-cutter ants was actually as high as 1:20, that is, In a head-on battle, it takes the lives of more than 20 leaf-cutter ants to kill one Ehrlichia ant, most of which are elite worker ants. This is still the exchange ratio for frontal combat. When the elite leaf-cutter ant army is exhausted and defeated, the exchange ratio will increase greatly.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the scouts of the God's Envoy King's Army took the lead in discovering the southern battlefield, and the entire army turned around and rushed to support.
At this time, the Divine Envoy King's army had completely lost its air superiority. From time to time, large groups of "mosquitoes" flew over the battlefield, as few as one or two hundred. The flying knights had already returned to their starting point.
Fortunately, these "mosquitoes" are not very interested in the enemy troops on the ground. They only occasionally land to attack some conspicuous leaf-cutter ant commanders, and other times they just wander at low altitude.
The artillery and tank guns of the King of Gods Corps fired several times in the air, but they were not as lucky as they were half a month ago. The air defense effect was not good. Only a few "mosquitoes" were killed, and there were no "mosquito" groups. Mind this loss.
After the Legion of the God's Envoy King arrived in the southern war zone, it decisively determined the direction of the war.
The leaf-cutter ant army originally had the advantage here, but the Pavement Ant Empire army had the advantage of the location. They deployed defenses on a nearly vertical ridge of soil and repeatedly forced back the leaf-cutter ant army that tried to approach the central battlefield.
More than 10,000 leaf-cutter ant warriors arrived at the same time as the Angel King's Legion. They were all rescued by the Angel King's Legion along the way, or saw scattered troops approaching on their own initiative.
Now there are a full 200,000 troops on the coalition side, and new troops are joining in. The Paodao Ant Empire Army fought hard for a long time, and were exhausted, leaving less than 100,000 troops.
The Angel King Legion used artillery fire to support the leaf-cutter ant army and broke through a section of the soil. The tank troops and the infantry of the Angel King Legion detoured back to the flanks. Finally, they defeated the Pavement Ant Imperial Army and forced it to leave behind its rearguard and evacuate. Blocking position.
Through this battle, the protagonist also has an objective evaluation of the combat power of the Pavement Ant Empire Army: Their equipment and fighting spirit are stronger than the original Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, but due to their limited size and strength, their individual combat effectiveness is stronger. limited.
It's just that the reason why the Pavement Ant Empire Army is so terrifying is not because of the strength of its individual soldiers. What's most terrifying is its huge numbers and the effective command of its million-level regiments.
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